The many of us who attain what we may and forget those who help us along the line we’ve got to remember that there are so many others to pull along the way. The farther they go, the further we all go.
JACKIE ROBINSONPop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.
More Jackie Robinson Quotes
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If I had to choose between baseball’s Hall of Fame and first class citizenship for all of my people. I would say first-class citizenship.
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It’s not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
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Next time I go to a movie and see a picture of a little ordinary girl become a great star… I’ll believe it. And whenever I hear my wife read fairy tales to my little boy, I’ll listen. I know now that dreams do come true.
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You’re going to be a great player, kid.
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This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.
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The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it.
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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.
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Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.
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I know that I am a black man in a white world. I know that I never had it made.
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I’m not goin’ anywhere, I’m right here!
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I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
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Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you’re wasting your life.
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I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
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